Security advisory

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  "id": "130114271e7b5eb5f20067ea3b29eb667e4ec28909470b5121826da72b1a9ebb",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-5384",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2016-5384",
    "summary": "fontconfig before 2.12.1 does not validate offsets, which allows local users to trigger arbitrary free calls and consequently conduct double free attacks and execute arbitrary code via a crafted cache file.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2016-5384",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "high",
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      "id": "CVE-2016-5384",
      "aliases": [
        "CVE-2016-5384"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "repo": "https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/fontconfig/fontconfig",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "0"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "6b222c52cdede497ffed629853f947948052dfc7"
                }
              ],
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                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:fontconfig_project:fontconfig:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "0"
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                      {
                        "fixed": "2.12.1"
                      }
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                    "source": "CPE_RANGE"
                  }
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              }
            }
          ],
          "versions": [
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            "2.11.95",
            "2.11.94",
            "2.11.93",
            "2.11.92",
            "2.11.91",
            "2.11.1",
            "2.11.0",
            "2.10.95",
            "2.10.94",
            "2.10.93",
            "2.10.92",
            "2.10.91",
            "2.10.2",
            "2.10.1",
            "2.10.0",
            "2.9.92",
            "2.9.91",
            "2.9.0",
            "2.8.0",
            "2.7.3",
            "2.7.2",
            "2.7.1",
            "2.7.0",
            "2.6.0",
            "2.5.93",
            "2.5.92",
            "2.5.91",
            "2.5.0",
            "2.4.92",
            "2.4.91",
            "2.4.2",
            "2.4.1",
            "2.4.0",
            "2.3.97",
            "fc-2_3_2",
            "fc-2_3_1-2",
            "fc-2_3_1",
            "fc-2_3_0",
            "fc-2_2_99",
            "fc-2_2_98",
            "fc-2_2_97",
            "fc-2_2_96",
            "fc-2_2_95",
            "fc-2_2_94",
            "fc-2_2_93",
            "fc-2_2_92",
            "fc-2_2_91",
            "fc-2_2_90",
            "fc-2_2_0",
            "fc-2_1_94",
            "fc-2_1_93",
            "fc-2_1_92",
            "fc-2_1_91",
            "xf-4_2_99_3",
            "fcpackage_2_1",
            "xf-4_2_99_2",
            "ah-20021030-postdri",
            "ah-20021030",
            "dhd-20020916",
            "fcpackage_rc4",
            "fcpackage_2_0",
            "fcpackage_rc3",
            "rc2",
            "fcpackage_rc2",
            "fcpackage_rc1",
            "xf-4_2_99_1",
            "dri-20020222-merge",
            "before-mesa-4_0-import",
            "dri-20020129-merge",
            "v1_0_1"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-5384.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-24T10:30:44.093748933Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6CJ45VRAMCIISHOVKFVOQYQUSTUJP7FC/",
        "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/GGOS4YYB7UYAWX5AEXJZHDIX4ZMSXSW5/",
        "https://cgit.freedesktop.org/fontconfig/commit/?id=7a4a5bd7897d216f0794ca9dbce0a4a5c9d14940",
        "https://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/fontconfig/2016-August/005792.html"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {
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              "cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:*"
            ],
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              }
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            "vendor_product": "debian:debian_linux",
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                ],
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          {
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            ],
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                  },
                  {
                    "last_affected": "23"
                  },
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                    "introduced": "24"
                  },
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                  }
                ],
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        ]
      }
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2016-5384",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 435787,
  "published_at": "2016-08-13T01:59:05.273+00:00"
}